Creative Engineer

Job Description

Critical Mass is seeking a Creative Engineer to join their team in San Jose. The Creative Engineer will be responsible for executing production design deliverables, including creating image assets, resizing display and social media banners, and refreshing digital layouts and templates. The Creative Engineer works as part of a larger team and can handle complex digital production projects efficiently with minimal supervision.

The role involves:

• Independently handling the creation of production design deliverables in site/app maintenance, image processing, photo retouching, digital advertising, and deck template creation.
• Communicating effectively with creative engineering team members, project managers, creative engineering leads, and clients when required.
• Providing excellent quality assurance on all deliverables.
• Staying up to date with recent design trends and new technologies.
• Maintaining a solid working knowledge of the industry's latest design tools, platforms, and technologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design, Advertising Design, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in advertising agencies, digital agencies, design agencies, and/or startups.
• Photoshop retouching skills.
• Experience working in production design teams in site/app maintenance, digital marketing, digital animation, and print.
• Experience creating assets for digital products.
• Solid understanding of design principles, trends, and systems.
• Ability to handle complex digital production projects independently.
• Understanding of digital marketing, digital production, and online advertising.
• Understanding of interactivity, animation principles, and best practices.
• Proficient knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign).
• Strong knowledge of Keynote, PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of After Effects and Adobe Animate (Celtra or Orca Plus).
• Advanced understanding of UI design tools (Figma/Sketch).
• Strong knowledge of productivity tools: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Knowledge of remote collaboration tools (Slack, Zoom, Drive, Box, Paper, Evernote) and workflow management tools (Jira, Trello, Asana, Basecamp).

What Critical Mass offers:

• Maternity and parental leave extra days
• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• Enterprise-wide employee discounts